The sign is up for Culver’s restaurant on Military Trail in Jupiter, and midwesterners are salivating as they await their first butter burger at the planned Nov. 7 opening.

“Florida has been very good to us. There are lots of transplanted midwesterners there. Whenever we open a Florida restaurant, our fans come out in (University of Wisconsin) Badger gear and cheese heads,” Culver’s Butter Burgers & Frozen Custard, spokesman Paul Pitas told The Palm Beach Post.

The Jupiter location is the first in Palm Beach County.

Established in 1984 in Sauk City, Wis., by dairy farmers George and Ruth Culver, the chain also serves custard, chicken, desserts and sandwiches.

Culver’s has 585 restaurants nationwide in 24 states. There are 26 restaurants in Florida, including locations in Orlando, Daytona Beach, Tampa and Naples.

Culver’s in Jupiter will be the first in Palm Beach County (Photo courtesy of Culver’s)

Just before the Jupiter restaurant opens, Culver’s is scheduled to open Florida eateries in North Port and Winter Garden. A Culver’s will open Bonita Springs on Nov. 7 as well.

The new owner, Jupiter resident Debbie Naylon, is a former Realtor. Culver’s required her to complete a three-month training program. She plans to hire about 70 people, she said.

The Culver’s restaurant is part of a medical building complex under construction in front of the Barcelona Apartments on the west side of Military Trail, across from the U.S. Post Office, south of Toney Penna Drive.

Three-fourths of the 42,000 square feet are planned to be medical office, which is owned and being developed by The Medical Group of South Florida on 29 acres that was once Whitehaven Mobile Home Park.

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Sarah Peters is a native of Easton, Pa., and a graduate of Penn State University, where she earned degrees in journalism and political science. She covered local government, education and business news in Warren County, N.J., for two years prior to coming to The Palm Beach Post. She is happy to serve as the community reporter covering Palm Beach Gardens.

Bill DiPaolo is a native of Boston. Since 1980, he has covered police, politics, trends and just about everything else for Florida newspapers in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Pensacola and West Palm Beach. A graduate of the University of Florida, he has a master's degree in urban planning from Ball State University. He lives in West Palm Beach with his wife, Carolyn, Senior Editor at The Palm Beach Post. Their daughter Bonnie is attending the University of South Florida, where she is seeking a degree in biology.